At least 10 dead in blast during rally in northwestern Pakistan
April 19th, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by BNO NewsPESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least ten people have been killed and others have been injured after a powerful explosion during a rally in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, according to local television reports.
Private TV channel Express News reported that at least 10 people had been killed in the blast that happened during a rally near Kabli police station. An emergency has been declared at the Lady Reading Hospital, which is close to the scene.
Further details were not immediately available.
Earlier on Monday, a car bomb explosion outside the Police Public School in Peshawar killed a boy and injured eleven others, mostly students at the school. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad ’strongly condemned’ the attack. “The deliberate targeting of children makes this terrorist attack particularly reprehensible,” said Richard Snelsire, a spokesman for the Embassy. “We extend our condolences to the victims’ families and friends and hope for the speedy recovery of those injured.”
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